SYNOPSIS

modbus_t *modbus_new_rtu(const char *device, int baud, char parity, int data_bit, int stop_bit);

DESCRIPTION

The modbus_new_rtu() function shall allocate and initialize a modbus_t structure to communicate in RTU mode on a serial line.

The device argument specifies the name of the serial port handled by the OS, eg. "/dev/ttyS0" or "/dev/ttyUSB0". On Windows, it’s necessary to prepend COM name with "\\.\" for COM number greater than 9, eg. "\\\\.\\COM10". See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247(v=vs.85).aspx for details

The baud argument specifies the baud rate of the communication, eg. 9600, 19200, 57600, 115200, etc.

The parity argument can have one of the following values

  • N for none

  • E for even

  • O for odd

The data_bits argument specifies the number of bits of data, the allowed values are 5, 6, 7 and 8.

The stop_bits argument specifies the bits of stop, the allowed values are 1 and 2.

Once the modbus_t structure is initialized, you must set the slave of your device with modbus_set_slave(3) and connect to the serial bus with modbus_connect(3).

RETURN VALUE

The function shall return a pointer to a modbus_t structure if successful. Otherwise it shall return NULL and set errno to one of the values defined below.

ERRORS

EINVAL

An invalid argument was given.

ENOMEM

Out of memory. Possibly, the application hits its memory limit and/or whole system is running out of memory.

EXAMPLE

modbus_t *ctx;

ctx = modbus_new_rtu("/dev/ttyUSB0", 115200, 'N', 8, 1);
if (ctx == NULL) {
    fprintf(stderr, "Unable to create the libmodbus context\n");
    return -1;
}

modbus_set_slave(ctx, YOUR_DEVICE_ID);

if (modbus_connect(ctx) == -1) {
    fprintf(stderr, "Connection failed: %s\n", modbus_strerror(errno));
    modbus_free(ctx);
    return -1;
}

SEE ALSO

modbus_new_tcp(3) modbus_free(3)

AUTHORS

The libmodbus documentation was written by Stéphane Raimbault <stephane.raimbault@gmail.com>